Phat Planet Studios

10/01/2026

Wow this is so cool! The documentary on Giovanni Hidalgo just dropped, so you can check out the teaser here. Produced for the National Endowment for the Arts! Beautifully shot in Studio A and the Scoring stage at Phat! We love Giovanni and he’s just amazing in this!

Giovanni Hidalgo (Ocoee, Florida) carries forward the Afro-Caribbea...

10/01/2026

Album reveal: “Beautiful Things” are coming your way this holiday season! Creating this album has been such a joyful, thrilling process. I cannot wait for you to hear my new original compositions, masterfully arranged by Ross Kratter ✨ The orchestra is magnificent, and wait until you hear the mixes coming from Phat Planet Studios ✨ PRESAVE link in my bio!

09/29/2026

Awesome rockin’ session this past weekend with Luke Elms and his killer band. The rockin’est doc around! Aaron Gandia making it all sound amazing and Tsering Nuñez handling the multi-camera cuts!

09/17/2026

This has been so hard to keep secret…new album reveal October 1st!

08/21/2026

Dear friends and fam! Don’t forget the Suzy Park Quartet is at Judson’s Live this Sunday for two afternoon shows! They just dropped a 50% discount on tickets! Use SAVE50 when you check out. Here’s the link, so grab a ticket and let’s hang on Sunday!
https://www.drphillipscenter.org/show/suzy-park-89ts?utm_id=97759_v0_s00_e0_tv3&fbclid=IwVERDUAT1SdVwZG9mBWZkaWQWUM6zxgy3T4H_Y__7bJUCGwZuo4NyrGV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5ZSP6wofxiJH2Oc7a2-dfvh__2Qh0SWjPfyzKQZMBOzKy6GjLpdYDEv49sdg_aem_MK36cyRyjevFt1rrY88wKg

08/20/2026

08/05/2026

08/05/2026

Hey y’all, here’s a super cool behind the scenes look at the Allyson Briggs Jazz Orchestra tracking session! It was such a blast to hear all of this great music come together! Under the direction of Ross Kratter! Give it up for ✨Tsering✨ for making this fun video!

08/04/2026

What a thrill it was to record with Allyson Briggs, Ross Kratter and this all-star 23pc jazz orchestra! This is going to be a great record when it comes out. Keep an eye out for release dates and videos of the session in the near future! Hats off to the Phat engineering team for making it all happen so smoothly! Pete Lutringer, Aaron Gandia, Tsering Nuñez and Micah Beasley!

08/04/2026

That’s a wrap! One full day at Phat Planet Studios and we recorded my new original album with this all-star Orlando crew! Thank you Ross Kratter for partnering with me on this amazing adventure and providing such beautiful orchestrations of my songs 🎶

The Crew ✨

Reeds: David B. MacKenzie, Daniel Bonnet, Tom Dietz, Greg Diaz, Christian Taylor Ryan
Trumpets: Robert Vandivier, Ed Gaston, Shawn Villanueva, Liam Gillespie
Trombones: Frank Wosar, Corey Paul, Marcos Jose Gonzalez, Will Nestler
Guitar: Steve Luciano
Piano: Bob Thornton
Bass: Charles Silva
Drums: Paul Parker
Violins: Alyssa Orantes Lucas Brown Solstice Strings
Viola: Daniel Cortes
Cello: Abigail Collins

Director of Videography - Simon C.F. Yu

Tracking engineer - Pete Lutringer
Setup Engineer - Aaron PhatChief Gandia
Assistant engineer - Tsering Nuñez
Intern assistant - Micah Beasley
Intern - Ashley Wise
Studio Manager - Ed Krout

Photographer - Photography Workshops and Travel Photography Adventure Trips McDermott
Assistant - Andrew Becker